The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-06
The New s nh.

Some statistics in regard to in
dustrial progress in the south have
just been issued. They cover the
period of three months, and show
q rapidity of growth that is at once
astonishing and highly sstisfacto-
ry. Among the enterprises re-
ported as having been stated in
twelve of the states there are blast
furnaces, railroad companies, foun
dries, mills, machine shops, mining
and smelling companies, and varI-
Gus other form Of industries. The
enterprises designated are all of 9
thoroughly practical kind, and ia
dictate the growth of the south in
direction which it has hitherto un-
occupied.
Especially is this the case in,the
matter of mining and smelling.
Within three months no less than
Fifty nine companies for the pur
pose Of operating in this line o. in
dustry have been organized. The
advance in metal working is mar
velous, there having been no less
than seventy three foundrics and
twenty FIVE blast furnaces arranged
for within the last ninety days.
The extent to which the wood pro-
ducts of the south are being utiliz
ed is indicated by the fact that
. within the time referred to no less
than one hundred aud sinetv one
woodworking establishments have
taken shape. Even electrical! pro-
gress is not wanting, the companies
organized in that interest in three
months being the respectable num-
Der of eighteen. And finally,
with reference to grain products,
i, the statistics show the formation
of no less than thirty-six new
mills.
1t seems almost improbable thai
such steps are being taken in re-
gion in which but few years since
the efforts Of the population were
limited mainly to the growth o
rice, sugar and cotton. Manufac-
: turers were next to unknown. Goa
and iron were imported, and upol
d the factories of the north Deepen
dence was placed for the supply o
y mechanical appliances. Now, man
ufactures are in existence in ever,
part Of the south, and additions
:, ones are being erected in every di
Il rection. In Mississippi cottol
goods are being manufactured il
n great quantities, and this industr
l. will soon undoubtedly vastly ex
J, coed its present dimensions. Fac
year the reliance Of the south O.
10 the north, for manufactures is be
n ing decreased, and the time ma
come when the former may cease t
a be purchaser from the latter, an
ar may even reverse the condition
d which have so long prevailed, an
E may become a shipper of manufat
n tured goods across the Ohio rive
Even now, in the case of Alabs
ma, it is fast reaching a conditio
in the production Of iron in who
10 she will be able to undersell Penn
ID sylvania manufacturers. It's CO,
1T and iron ore are located so near tt
gether that they practically occup
). but single area An addition.
~ advantage is to be found in tn
n fact that the labor problem is les
. complex in the southern than
the northern states. The negro
more docile than the "wage slaves
% Of Pennsylvania; The is more econon
10 ical than the others and can PR
~ duce larger aggregate of result
IN at smaller expenditure. Alabam
is state which seems to be maxim
to enormous progress. OF the variou
a. enterprises above alluded to O
re having been organized within I'll
lg last three months, Alabama lead
or sill the others except in two partic
ulars. In furnaces, railways, min
SIS ing and smelling industries, ii
TX state has lead and will undoub
e, eddy retain it.
a The south is on the right road I
Id prosperity. 1t is not only right ,
t. the road on which it is travelling
m but it is in dead earnest In its i,
D. tent to acquire wealth. 1t is so a
. ranged its industries that in time
IN will be self-supporting to vel
bo large extent. A generation or tw
later may see the south in the a,
cendancy as to wealth and Unfit
ence.